Trolley-wire hanger.



J. BRYAN at H. ETHERIDGB.

'I 'BOLLEY WIRE HANGEIL'. uruquror FILED nn. 20,1ao7.

Y Patnted Sept. 29,1908

In tor W |1 a yia Av Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BRYAN, OF PJTTSBURG, AND Il-l'ARRY ETHERIDGE, ()l" MoKEESPOR'l PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY-WIRE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2 9, 1908.

Application filed March 29, 1907. Serial No. 363,389.

'lrolley-l-Vire Hangers, of which improvement the following is a specification.

In overhead trolley systems it has been found that the present trolley wire hangers present several disadvantages in that they are dii'licult of quick adjustment along the span wire in respect to the center of the track; dill'icult to keep the comiecting p: sfrom working loose, thus (causing; deia meat of the trolley wire from the hanger proper; dilliculty of securing a flexible move ment of the ear with respect to the operating alincmcnt of the trolley wire, etc.

.lhe object of our invention to provide a hanger capable of eliminating the objections enumerated, the form selected to carry out our invention being hereinafter fully sl'iown and described in the accompanying drawings and specifications and later pointed out in the appended claims, in which d rawing Figure I is a longitudinal elevation of the hanger as associated with the trolley and span wires. Fig. ll is an inverted plan of same disassociated from the trolley wire. Fig. 111 is a transverse section of the same, and IV is an enlarged and exaggerated section through same.

Siihilar reference characters denote like detail parts throughout the following description.

The invention consists of a metal spawning member 1, the extremities of which are on a ilane, horizontall below that of the boss located. midway t lfilGbtltWQ-Gll, and provided with grooves formed b and between the longitudinally disposed ugs 3, engaging over the span wire Ll-[extending across the center of the track, said boss having a vertically d isposed threaded orifice 5 therein to receive the stud 6 and a recess 7 concentric with said orifice to confine the split S King washer 8, said Stud orifice being, in plan, preferably but not necessarily out of alincincnt' with the grooves at the ends of the hanger so as to permit the span wire passing the stud without departing from a straight line. The stud has fitted thereover a crimping washer 9, proof the trolley wire.

vided at one side with a transverse groove 10 to engage the span wire, the lower end of said stud being connected to a shouldered member 11, by means of the threaded opening 1-2 I therein, said member engaging the crimping washer at its upper end and performing the function. of anut while the lower end thereof is provided with a pair of horizontally dis-' posed ears and 14 to engage the-trolley wire 15, said car 14 being connected to the integral one 13 by screws, 16.

lhe appli .:ation and effect of the device is as follo ws: The arch shaped hanger or spam ning i'nember 1 is placed over the span wire, and (by means of a plumb line) the center of the track locateiil, previous to or after which the stud is screwed partially into the threaded orifice oi the member after the spring washer has been placed into the recess, with the splitportion at right angles to and on the, opposite side of the span wire, followed by the crimping washer the span wire being placed and permitted to rest in the groove thereof, after which the ear member 11 isthen applied to the lower end of the stud and screwed up until the span wire is clam ed between the washer and he ger 'mem er,

thus forcing that portion of th ,wire between the ends of. the hanger member out of alinement into what may be termed an arch or crimp, thus taking up the slack in the wire, after which the nonintegral ear piece 14 is slaekecl up, by unloosening the screws and the trolley wire clamped therebetween.

It will be observed that in securing the device in place upon the span wire the crimping washer is prevented from eanting u )on the stud, and injuring the thread thereoi by the action of the point of the split spring washer bearing upon the side of the crimping washer opposite to that where it engages the span wire, and in addition thereto sai spring places a tension upon the ear member estab ishing a rigidity between the same and hanger member and at the same time permit the ear member swinging into a horizontal planeto aceommmlate operative al'inement The p'ressin of the span wire against the hanger assists t 1e crimp in decreasing the tendency of the hanger sliding along the span wire. Again, the pressure of the spring acting in opposition, on the opposite side of the crimping washer, to that o the ear member'will maintain suflicient pressure the crimping washer againstthe "wire, and a tension the arch. of and engaging said and spanning the arch portion of nection of span wire as to make it unnecessary that said ear member be screwed as tightly in place were the spring absent.

While we have shown and described s )0- cifically a certain form of structure, capa le of fulfilling the objects we have in View we also recognize and hold that variation in form, etc., are )ossible without departing from the scope oi our invention.

Having thus shown and described an operative device, we claim as our invention:

1. The combination of a span-wire having an arch formed thereon, a member spanning span-Wire, a

trolley-Wire connecting member deflect ably connected to said spanning member, a clamping member between said connecting mem-' bers to clamp the arch portion of said wire, means to place tension on the trolleywire member.

'2. The combination of a span-Wire having an arch formed thereon, an arclmd member and engaging said wire, atrolley-wirc coimccting member threadably connected to said panning member, and a clamping member arranged on the threaded, connection of said members and having a groove therein'to engage thc'arch portion of said span wire.

3. The combination of a span-wire having an arch formed thereon, an arched member sparini'n'gthe arch of and engaging said Wire, a trolley-wire connecting member threadably connected to said spanning member, a clam ping memberarranged upon the threaded consaid members and having a groove therein to engage the arch portion of said member arranged be.- tween the clamp and spanning member,

4. The combination of a span-wire having "an arch formed thereon, an arched member spanning the archedportion of and enga ing said .wire at the base of the arch, a, trol eywire connecting member threadably attion otsai'd wire, and a tension member arranged between the spanning member and clam member, said tension member enga ing t e clam member on the opposite side of the wire 0 amped thereby.

5. The combination of a span-wire having an arch formedthcreon, an arched member provided with rooved extremities and s anning the archeil portion of said Wire an enga ing the same at the grooved extremities, a tro Icy-wire connecting member, a threaded connection between saidmembers, a clamp member interposed between said members and provided at one sidewith a groove for I the wire clamped thereby, and a tension member engaging the clamp member on the l opposite side of the wire clamped thereby.

6. The combination of a span-wire having an upwardly disposed arch formed thereon, a member arranged on and spanning the arch portion of said span-wire, a trolley-wire connecting member dcllectably suspended from said spanning member, a clamping member interposed between said members to clamp the span-wire to the spanning member, and means to maintain the clamping member in active position and place tension on said trolley-wire connecting member.

7. The combination of a span-Wire having an upwardly disposed arch formed thereon, a 1 member arranged upon and s anning the arch portion of said wire, a troley-wire connecting member deflectably suspended from said span-wire member, means at the point of f suspension to clamp the span wire at the apex of its arch to the said span-wire mem- I her, and means to place tension on the said l trolley-wire member.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto I signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' JAMES Blt YAN. HARRY lC'lIllCltIl)Gl In the presence of.

d W. W. HOWARD, EDWIN Win'ran. 

